Money for Nothing : The Dire Straits of Medical Practice in Delhi, India

Money for Nothing : The Dire Straits of Medical Practice in Delhi, India

The quality of medical care received by patients varies for two reasons: differences in doctors' competence or differences in doctors' incentives. Using medical vignettes, the authors evaluated competence for a sample of doctors in Delhi. One month later, they observed the same doctors in...

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Main Authors: Das, Jishnu, Hammer, Jeffrey
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:
ADVERTISING
ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE
CAPITATION
CLINICS
COMPETENCE
DISCRIMINATION
DISPENSARIES
DOCTORS
EQUILIBRIUM
EXPENDITURES
FAMILIES
GENDER
HEALTH CARE
HEALTH CARE SERVICES
HEALTH CLINICS
HEALTH FOR ALL
HEALTH OUTCOMES
HEALTH SYSTEM
HOSPITALS
ILLNESSES
INCOME
INTUITION
MEDICAL CARE
MEDICAL INSURANCE
MEDICAL SERVICES
MEDICINES
MORAL HAZARD
PATIENT CARE
PATIENTS
PHARMACY
PHYSICIANS
PLAYING
POLICY DISCUSSIONS
POLICY RESEARCH
PRIMARY HEALTH CARE
PRIVATE SECTOR
PUBLIC HEALTH
PUBLIC HOSPITALS
PUBLIC SECTOR
QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE
RECOGNITION
SANCTIONS
SURGERY
URBAN CENTERS
WALKING
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/07/6078943/money-nothing-dire-straits-medical-practice-delhi-india
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8196

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/07/6078943/money-nothing-dire-straits-medical-practice-delhi-india
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8196

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